Ezekiel 23:17:11Ezek.23.17.W11TAB
נַפְשָׁ֖הּ
nafsha
“her soul”
- Transliteration
- naf-SHA
- Extended
- nahf-SHAH
- IPA
- /nafˈʃaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- her soul
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
naf-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
va-TE-ka naf-SHA
- clause
va-tit-me-A-VAM va-TE-ka naf-SHA me-HEM
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u e-LE-ha ve-NE-va-VEL le-mish-KAV do-DIM va-ye-tam-ME-u o-TA be-taz-nu-TAM va-tit-me-A-VAM va-TE-ka naf-SHA me-HEM
Exegesis
The final clause vateqa {וַתֵּקַע | wat-tē-qaʿ} ‘she became disgusted’ combined with nafshah {נַפְשָׁהּ | nap̄-šāh} ‘soul’ and mehem {מֵהֶם | mē-hem} ‘from them’ conveys her emotional and spiritual revulsion in a stark Qal wayyiqtol sequence.
Root and etymology
Rootn-p-š
“soul, self, life-breath”
In context — Ezekiel 23:17
And the sons of Babylon came to her to the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom , and she was defiled by them; and her soul became disgusted with them.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 23:17:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ezekiel 23:17, so the Hebrew word נַפְשָׁ֖הּ (nafsha) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Ezek.23.17.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.23.17.W11.S1) and character.